Recruiting Aker?

[one-eyed]

Richmond coach Terry Wallace said last night the Tigers would be "more unlikely than likely" to consider recruiting Akermanis, but that should the possibility arise, his club "would go through the due diligence".

Wallace said Richmond didn't want to be seen as driving a wedge between a great player and the club with which he had made his name. "I think everyone who's involved in the game would love to see him finish as a one-club player."

http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2006/05/08/1146940476895.html

Richmond football manager Greg Miller claimed that the Tigers would also stick to the draft after bringing in established stars Kane Johnson and Nathan Brown, now captain and vice-captain, in recent seasons.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19070378-36035,00.html

[cub]

Would have to be freakin nuts - A step backward from the way we are heading and what we are trying to acheive.

[letsgetiton!]

not a bad idea to get him
if the price is right! imagine our team with brown and aker interchanging from forward pocket and onball, would be a nightmare for opposition coaches. lets face facts, aker is a freak, a dead set gun.
going backwards would be paying big bucks for him on a long term contract. bringing in 1 experienced player and a few kids is the way to go, not just all kids.

ok lets make some decisions
who would u rather play 4 us and be in our team

aker or tiv........................aker!
aker or chaffey..................aker!
aker or gaspar....................aker!
aker of staff.......................aker!

now if we get rid, and we should if we are fairdinkum, tiv, chaffey, staff, and gas next yr, and replace them with 3 kids and aker, we are way better off!

aker knows more than anyone how to win games, win premierships, excite the crowd

its not his fault that matthews has lost the plot, not aker

[WilliamPowell]

No thanks

Akers an idiot who has shown this year especially that it's all about Aker and not his club or team mates

Finally gets in the leadership group and shows no leasdership except for showing how to be a fulltime fool

NO WAY

 

[Moi]

Luv Aker, but absolutely not.  Unless of course we could do a direct trade for someone who does nothing - yep, trade him for Krak.

[letsgetiton!]

aker may have been agro on th ew/e but he never gave up and kept going, was qld best player, love him in my team

[mightytiges]

Aker's 29 so not the age group we need as he'll be past his best by the time we start challenging. Plus like a number of Lion veterans they're becoming frustrated they are in a crap side and can no longer do what they use to be able to do.

[Tiger Spirit]

I don’t mind Aker, but no.  Not at his age and definitely not in his current frame of mind.  He needs to be in a strong club environment that can handle his strong personality, otherwise you’re just asking for trouble.

No problem with his football ability, but the off-field distraction he can bring to teammates can be the sort you don’t really need or want, especially in a developing team.

[letsgetiton!]

age is nothing, look at harvey, if ur good , ur good!

[tiga]

He's getting old and cranky. forget it. Nothing worse than having our young guys putting on some strong forward defensive pressure only to see Aker's give the opposition a 50m get out of jail free card by clouting someone. He did it against the Swans and stopped any momentum Brisbane was building at a crucial stage in the match. 

[WilliamPowell]

He's getting old and cranky. forget it. Nothing worse than having our young guys putting on some strong forward defensive pressure only to see Aker's give the opposition a 50m get out of jail free card by clouting someone. He did it against the Swans and stopped any momentum Brisbane was building at a crucial stage in the match. 

He did it against us the other week - when he said something about a big red fire truck

[tiga]

He's getting old and cranky. forget it. Nothing worse than having our young guys putting on some strong forward defensive pressure only to see Aker's give the opposition a 50m get out of jail free card by clouting someone. He did it against the Swans and stopped any momentum Brisbane was building at a crucial stage in the match. 

He did it against us the other week - when he said something about a big red fire truck

[PuntRdRoar]

Theres other players who are at good clubs at the moment and in the right age bracket and who can play who will be available at years end. Information has already been passed on. So hopefully we get 1 good player from another club at years end.

[Darth Tiger]

No, still has a year to go on his 2 year contract.  

Would much prefer a full Rookie list, and young men capable of adapting to Plow's gameplan.

[The Glove]

Crazy talk to even consider Akermoronmanis. Very good finisher but always been a downhill skier laying forward of the play who, credit to him, capitalised on the great play of Voss, Black, Lappin et al.  I always thought he would start to struggle when he had to win his own share of hard ball as a midfielder and Judd cruelly exposed where Aker sits today.

Might be handy to a team with a good midfield as a finsher, but if a team has a good midfield (which we are developing)  it should develp its own finishers like Lids, Tambling and Meyer.

Wrong side of 30 and a loose cannon - No thanks.